Rail joint and chair.



O. ANDERSON.

RAIL JOINT AND CHAIR.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 1, 1914.

1,1 15,153, Y Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

aumwdtoz OSCHR QNDERSON attmaag THE NORRIS PETERS CO FHOm-LlTh WASHINGTON, n c.

OSCAR ANDERSO To all whom it may Be it known that I, citizen of Sweden, residin in the Province of Ont in new an invented certa Joints and ghairs,

ments in Rail the following 151 a speclfica ent inventlon rel The pres d its object is and chairs, an a device whlch possesse slmple construction,

manufacture, and

assembled device.

with the rail 7 plan view of the lockin an enlarged transverse sect-1 4- 1 of Fig. 2.

At each plac rails abut, is p foundation plate 11, to span at is under side, forced by webs 12, p fere with the ties. Ab of the foundation plate 15 cut or recess 13 so as a good hold and pre plate. A rail sup ing the whole len 11 is riveted, bolt rigidly secured to,

foundation p erably placed faces outward on porting member is pr wall 16, abutting agai and with its upper e der the rail head so as to when a train passes the supporti for instance, by fia struction. On the opposi uide pla 18, I provide a g ation plate cured to the found manner as the supportin edge of its top flang does however, not reac the rail foot, and this fla above the upper 11 about twice the t at its edge. The ver 'sn'rnn STATES PATENT ormo N, 013 FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO, CANADA.

Application file OSCAR ANDnRsoN, a at Fort William, 0, Canada, have d useful Improveates to rail joints to provide such t strength, is of d therefore cheap to n be easily and quickly being no bolts or screws g drawing is illusof my invention, and tive view of a top plan view, tion. Fig. 3 a and, Fig. l on along line partly in see e along the track where two laced the chair proper, or which is long enough f the ties 10. On the late is reinast three 0 the foundation p laced so as not to interove each tie, the edge provided with a the spikes 1 1 displacement of the ting member 15 extend gth of the found ed or in any other manner, or made integral with the 1. This member is prefon the side of the rail 18 that the track, and the supovided with an upright nst theneck of the rail dge fitting closely unfirm support The bends of ber 15 are reinforced as 7 to stiffen the conte side of the rails te 19, which is sein the same ber 15. The 0, facing the rail, h beyond the edge of atlon plate late 1 ng mem nge 20 is raised face of the foundation plate hickness of the rail foot tical wall 21 connecting RAIL JOINT AND CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Yatent. Patented Oct, 2? 1914.

d. June 1, 1914. Serial No. 842,297.

the flange 20 with the base portion of the guide plate 19 runs at a slight angle to the axis of the rail, thus forming a tapered guide, that is, the distance between the wall 21 and the corresponding face 22 of the supporting member is wider at one end of the chair than at the other. The bends of the guide plate I also reinforce in the same manner as the supporting member and as here shown, by means of webs 23.

A slide 24: with a horizontally wedgeshaped base portion of the same inclination as the guide wall 21 fits in the space between the rail and the guide plate. Similarly to the supporting member 15, it is provided with an upright wall 25 which reaches up under the head of the rail, in order to sustain the weight of a passing train. Flanges 26 are also here provided for the purpose of stiffening the slide. At each end of the slide 24:, I provide a round or square hole 27 for a spike or bolt. This hole registers with corresponding ones in the top flange 20 and the foundation plate 11, and is, if spikes are used, preferably located above one of the ties, but may, in case of bolts being used, be located between the ties. For the sake of adjustment, it might be well to provide a number of such bolt holes spaced slightly apart.

The assembling of this device will be evident from the above description. Suffice it to say that after the two rails have been laced in the chair, the slide 24: is driven in with its narrow end foremost from the wider end of the guide until it is tightly .wedged between the rail and the guide wall 21. Finally, the spikes are driven in through the holes 27, thus securely locking the slide in place and firmly holding the rails in the chair.

Obviously much time and labor will be saved in using this chair, as there are no holes to be drilled through the rail or the sides of the chair, no bolts to fit and no chance of the chair opening or the device working loose, there being no bolts to tighten.

What I. claim as new is A boltless rail chair comprising a foundation plate, a side-support, a guide and a slide, said plate, support and guide forming a rigid construction; said side-support and said slide each having a thin upright member impinging against the head and shank of the rail and transverse flanges reinforcagainst and having the same inclination as ing the upright member; said slide being I provided with a horizontally Wedgeshaped base portion, oneside of which engages the I foot of the rail and the other side impinging I for the ties; an mg 111' suitable member, sald the inner side of said guide; the guide hav- In testimony two ties, said Webs forming distance pieces interlocking member engagholes in said overlapping edge-shaped base-portion and said'foundation plate respectively.

whereof I afiix my signature ing an overlapping member engaging" the in presenee'of two Witnesses.

upper side of said base portion and-"trans- I OSCAR ANDERSON.

versely running reinforcing flanges; a pair- Witnesses: of dlagonally intersecting Webs on the under I F. R. Molnzis side of said foundation plate between each S. KING.

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